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NewsDrones, medical malpractice and cyber are top tech risks for 2022 - DAC Beachcroft
Climate change was also cited as a key risk by the law firm
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NewsPen Underwriting inks multiyear capacity deal extensions with QBE
The businesses have worked together for the past 20 years
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AnalysisHouse of Lords debates need for e-scooter safety regulations and compulsory insurance
Speakers in the House of Lords last week debated the safety of e-scooters on UK roads and whether more stringent regulation is needed amid claims that ’the pavements have become a jungle’
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NewsZego reveals European expansion plans targeting fleet insurance sector
Fleet managers could save up to 20% on premiums at renewal using Zego’s behaviour-driven insurance product, the insurtech says
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NewsCyber outranks Covid-19 and supply chain risk as biggest concern for global businesses – Allianz
However, business interruption remains a ‘key theme’
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NewsRegulation requirements, personalised products and zero touch operational models set to be tech trends for 2022
EMEA product marketing director says businesses’ technology evolution is vital to move from focusing on just maintenance, to instead ‘being a hub for innovation’
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NewsCyber threats ‘growing faster than ability to prevent and manage them effectively’
Rewarding efficiency over resilience ’can leave companies vulnerable to shocks’, says broker’s European risk management leader
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NewsBusiness school launches new research consortium to better prepare for next systemic risk
The insurance industry’s ’policies, preparedness and financial responses require a significant overhaul’ to ’better equip and protect society from the next major systemic risk’, says Pool Re chief executive
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NewsNew Scottish fire safety legislation could invalidate home insurance policies
The new legislation is set to come into force on 1 February 2022 in Scotland requires interlinked smoke alarms to be fitted by this date
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News84% of leaders concerned about world outlook – World Economic Forum
WEF president urges ’that global challenges need global solutions’, especially as ’our planet is on fire and we have to deal with it’
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NewsInternational Underwriting Association reveals 2022 business plan
The IUA argues that any new ’Consumer Duty’ introduced for UK insurers must be ’appropriate and proportional for the wholesale commercial market’
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IT InterviewPeter Giger: Tackling the climate change crisis calls for another industrial revolution
Zurich’s group chief risk officer argues that the ‘status quo cannot last’ to combat the climate change crisis successfully
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AnalysisInsurance industry urged to review working models post-pandemic
Many insurers, brokers and insurtechs have overhauled their working models post-pandemic because ’a hybrid working model is now a requirement and not a nice-to-have’
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NewsBlink Parametric partners with travel insurance MGA
The insurtech’s head of product believes the partnership provides reassurance to customers as ‘travel is still on a path to recovery’ following the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsNFU Mutual lands deal with global risk management platform
The new platform aims to improve the insurer’s efficiency and support rural communities to thrive, says risk management managing director
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NewsProfessional negligence claims linked to Stamp Duty holiday named one of top insurer issues for 2022
Law firm also identified ESG considerations ’as the dominant topic for the year ahead’
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NewsPI premium hikes push independent legal practitioners to seek ‘security and freedom’ – Taylor Rose MW
Experienced solicitors ‘no longer want the responsibilities of compliance and increasing operating costs’, says chief executive
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NewsClimate crisis is ‘biggest long-term threat facing humanity’
Lobbying group’s report urges the insurance industry to ‘think outside the box’ and act on climate change risks
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NewsWhat are the challenges around insuring cryptocurrency?
Success in this emerging market will hinge on ’opening up a dialogue between brokers, insurers and crypto companies,’ says broker divisional director
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IT InterviewQ&A: Insurance staffer seeks to clamp down on harmful suicide content
Founder and director of R;pple Alice Hendy tells Insurance Times head of research Savan Shah how her brother’s suicide gave rise to her business
